Security Architect Contracts in the South East

Security Architect
England > South East

The median Security Architect daily rate in the South East is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 89 180
Rank change year-on-year -29 +91 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 32 102 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.07% 1.87% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 2.03% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 30 40
10th Percentile £450 £491 £643
25th Percentile £568 £513 £656
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £705
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -7.83% +17.54%
75th Percentile £650 £694 £838
90th Percentile £738 £776 -
England median daily rate £664 £725 £700
% change year-on-year -8.45% +3.57% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 19 0
10th Percentile £69.68 £81.86 -
25th Percentile £71.82 £81.88 -
Median hourly rate £79.16 £87.46 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% - -
75th Percentile £85.22 £87.50 -
90th Percentile £86.59 £87.53 -
England median hourly rate £79.16 £87.46 £70.00
% change year-on-year -9.50% +24.94% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 2,740 5,034 5,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.39% 92.30% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,829 3,026 3,697
10th Percentile £230 £214 £220
25th Percentile £375 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.01%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £603
90th Percentile £661 £688 £700
England median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 484 231
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.20 £21.97
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +142.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.35 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £36.92 £44.77
% change year-on-year -18.73% -17.54% +94.63%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the South East

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in the South East

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in the South East

Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architect in the South East

Security Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Architect in the South East

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -8 24 £600 +20.00% 9
Berkshire -15 21 £588 +17.55% 9
Hampshire +10 9 £670 +3.08% 8
Buckinghamshire - 2 £600 -
Surrey +13 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £625 - 5
Security Architect
England

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, Security Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 17 (53.13%) Security Cleared
2 16 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 14 (43.75%) Risk Management
4 11 (34.38%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (31.25%) CISSP
6 9 (28.13%) SC Cleared
6 9 (28.13%) DV Cleared
6 9 (28.13%) NIST
6 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
7 8 (25.00%) Azure
7 8 (25.00%) AWS
8 7 (21.88%) SIEM
8 7 (21.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
9 6 (18.75%) Information Security
9 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
9 6 (18.75%) Active Directory
9 6 (18.75%) Network Security
9 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (15.63%) Technical Leadership
10 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
10 5 (15.63%) Application Security
10 5 (15.63%) Cloud Security
10 5 (15.63%) Security Posture
10 5 (15.63%) CyberArk
10 5 (15.63%) Windows
10 5 (15.63%) Data Security
11 4 (12.50%) CISM
11 4 (12.50%) Firewall
11 4 (12.50%) ITIL

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 8 (25.00%) AWS
1 8 (25.00%) Azure
2 4 (12.50%) GCP
3 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) Network Security
2 4 (12.50%) Firewall
3 3 (9.38%) VPN
4 2 (6.25%) NGFW
4 2 (6.25%) SSL
5 1 (3.13%) BGP
5 1 (3.13%) DNS
5 1 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.13%) LAN
5 1 (3.13%) SD-WAN
5 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.13%) WAN
General
1 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
3 4 (12.50%) Finance
3 4 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 3 (9.38%) Electronics
4 3 (9.38%) Manufacturing
4 3 (9.38%) Marketing
5 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) Apache Axis
2 2 (6.25%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Security Posture
2 3 (9.38%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.13%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.13%) IoT
4 1 (3.13%) PKI
4 1 (3.13%) SCADA
4 1 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Windows
2 4 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 14 (43.75%) Risk Management
3 11 (34.38%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (21.88%) SIEM
5 6 (18.75%) Information Security
5 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
6 5 (15.63%) Application Security
6 5 (15.63%) Cloud Security
6 5 (15.63%) Data Security
6 5 (15.63%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (12.50%) ITIL
7 4 (12.50%) Microservices
7 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
7 4 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (9.38%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (9.38%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (9.38%) Information Assurance
8 3 (9.38%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) C#
1 3 (9.38%) Java
1 3 (9.38%) Python
2 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.25%) Ruby
2 2 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (53.13%) Security Cleared
2 10 (31.25%) CISSP
3 9 (28.13%) DV Cleared
3 9 (28.13%) SC Cleared
4 4 (12.50%) CISM
5 3 (9.38%) CEH
5 3 (9.38%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (6.25%) CCNA
6 2 (6.25%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (6.25%) CRISC
6 2 (6.25%) Degree
7 1 (3.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (3.13%) CCNP
7 1 (3.13%) CCSP
7 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.13%) GIAC
7 1 (3.13%) ISACA
7 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
7 1 (3.13%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (28.13%) NIST
2 7 (21.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (12.50%) GDPR
4 3 (9.38%) JSP 440
4 3 (9.38%) NCSC
5 2 (6.25%) COBIT
6 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (3.13%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (6.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (3.13%) CASB
3 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.63%) CyberArk
3 3 (9.38%) SAP
4 1 (3.13%) Forcepoint
4 1 (3.13%) Google
4 1 (3.13%) Qualys
4 1 (3.13%) Splunk
4 1 (3.13%) VMware